2010 Final Four Odds and Prop Bets: Butler vs Michigan State

Today is the day when college basketball fans around the country will know which teams will play for the national championship as 2010 Final Four betting odds and props are available for Butler vs Michigan State and West Virginia vs Duke. The first Final Four game will take place at 6:07pm EST between two number five seeds as the Butler Bulldogs faceoff against the Michigan State Spartans from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Butler is a slight -1 point favorite against Michigan State with a Final Four odds total of 126 at online sportsbooks. In addition to the betting line, gamblers can find Final Four prop bets for this game and the NCAA championship.

Butler is one of the favorites to play for the championship as exact championship match-up odds have Butler vs Duke 2-1 or Butler vs West Virginia paying 13-4. Final Four odds for the NCAA championship exact match-up have Michigan State vs Duke 11-5 while West Virginia vs Michigan State would pay 7-2. The Bulldog faithful are receiving respectable Final Four prop bet odds for the championship game result with Butler winning over Duke 15-2 or Butler winning over West Virginia paying 9-1. Michigan State is receiving slightly better odds as a win over Duke in the championship game would pay 15-2 or a win over West Virginia would return 11-1. The Bulldogs have averaged 69.4 points this season while the Spartans went 72.4 for this year which is why online sportsbook Final Four odds have Butler 11-4 and Michigan State 3-1 in prop bets for the highest scoring team. Both teams are -120 as the first to score 10 points in the game but the Bulldogs are slight favorites at -125 to score the first 20 points. Who will nail the first three-point shot of the game?

Sportsbooks think that Butler -150 will do so first while Michigan State would return +110 if they can hit the first shot behind the arc. Butler has three players in the hunt to win the “Most Outstanding Player” of the 2010 NCAA tournament with Gordon Hayward 8-1, Shelvin Mack 10-1 and Matt Howard 12-1. Not to be outdone, Michigan State Final Four prop odds have Raymar Morgan 9-1, Durrell Summers 8-1 and Korie Lucious 12-1. Final Four odds are available for over/under total points with the Bulldogs Gordon Hayward set at 15 (-120), Matt Howard 12 (-120) and Shelvin Mack 13.5 OVER -130. Sportsbooks have the Spartans Raymar Morgan 13.5 (-120), Durrell Summers 13.5 OVER -130 and Korie Lucious 9 (-120). There are also alternate point-spreads in 2010 Final Four betting with Butler -8 (+250) while Michigan State would receive +8 (-400). If gamblers think the Spartans will win in a blowout, the alternate point-spread has Michigan State -6 (+220) while Butler would receive 6-points (-340).